References

Books

Bronze sestertius of Vespasian
from Chichester

Roman Britain - general

de la Bédoyère, Guy (2010) Roman Britain : A New History. London: Thames & Hudson.

Esmonde Cleary, A.S. (2000) The Ending of Roman Britain. London: Routledge.

Fulford, Michael and Holbrook, Neil (eds) (2015). The Towns of Roman Britain: The contribution of commercial archaeology since 1990. Oxford: Oxbow - link

Hingley, Richard (2026) Roman Britain in Twenty Towns. London: Bloomsbury.

Wilson, Roger J.A. (1975) A guide to the Roman remains in Britain. London: Constable. Dated but still pretty comprehensive (if you can find it). The most recent edition is from 2002.

Ordnance Survey Map of Roman Britain (2001). A bit out of date now, but still a good overview. 

Roman Britain - Hadrian's Wall

Bowman, Alan K. (2003) Life and letters from the Roman frontier (3rd edition). London: British Museum Publications.

Breeze, David J. & Dobson, B (2000) Hadrian's Wall. London: Penguin Books.

Roman France

Bromwich, James (2003) The Roman Remains of Northern and Eastern France: a Guidebook. Abingdon: Routledge.

Bromwich, James (2014) The Roman Remains of Brittany, Normandy and the Loire Valley: a Guidebook. Peterborough: Lucina Books.

King, Anthony (1990) Roman Gaul and Germany. London: British Museum Publications.

Rome (City)

Claridge, Amanda (2010) Rome - An Oxford Archaeological Guide (2nd edition). Oxford: OUP

Essential reading for any visit to Rome.

General Roman Reading

Abdy, Richard (2024) Legion: Life in the Roman Army. London: British Museum. Published to accompany the excellent exhibition of the same name.

Beard, Mary (2009) Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town. London: Profile Books. 

Beard, Mary (2016) SPQR. London: Profile Books.

Beard, Mary (2024) Emperor of Rome. London: Profile Books.

de la Bédoyère, Guy (2025) Populus: Living and Dying in the Wealth, Smoke and Din of Ancient Rome. London: Abacus.

Goodman, Martin (1997) The Roman World 44 BC - AD 180. Abingdon: Routledge.

Holland, Tom (2004) Rubicon: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic. London: Abacus. First of a very readable Roman history trilogy.

Holland, Tom (2016) Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar. London: Abacus.

Holland, Tom (2024) Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age. London: Abacus.

Shelton, Jo-Ann (1998) As the Romans Did: A Sourcebook in Roman Social History. New York: OUP.

Websites

General

Many translations (and original language versions) of classical texts, plus other resources - such as Codrington's Roman Roads of Britain (1903) - can be found at Bill Thayer's LacusCurtius website 

Britain

Association for the Study and Preservation of Roman Mosaics - ASPROM: The Association for the Study and Preservation of Roman Mosaics

Roman Britain - is an impressively comprehensive website, covering the majority of Britain's Roman sites. Also includes general background information and text from primary sources.

Roman Inscriptions of Britain - Home | Roman Inscriptions of Britain - an extraordinarily useful resource.

Vindolanda - Vindolanda Trust

Rome

Colosseum, Forum and Palatine - Parco Archeologico del Colosseo

Trajan's Markets - Mercati di Traiano

Ostia

The buildings in Ostia - an impressively comprehensive website, although some of the photos are now dated.